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Show mm' ' VAVOOUVERi B. C, Oct. 14 By Canadian Pre Mi. Heoommendatlona concerning th futur of the Pacific Great Knatern railway will be made by the government at tha next session of the Urltlah Columbia legislature, Premier Pre-mier John Oliver announced on hla return re-turn from an InnpeoUon trip. The nature na-ture of thee recommendation! will ba determined In the meantime. The p rem tor' a aurvey followed publication publi-cation of tha report of John O. Sullivan, Sulli-van, consulting engineer, who condemned con-demned th entire undertaking and held out no hop for tha future of th project which haa coat, the taxpayers of tha province more than $44.000.im)0. Aa originally surveyed, the Pacific Great Ka stern waa designed lo serve tha territory between North Vancouver and Prlne George, a atretch of 473 mllee. The line haa been built and la tn operation from North Vancouver to WhylecHffe, a di at a nee of twelve and a half miles, and from ttiamhth to fuemiel, S.'.O miles. Krom Quesnel to Cottonwood, seventeen and a half ml lea, it eel la laid, but the road la not In operation. -ttMween Cottonwood creek and Ked Hock creek, forty-fir mileaat lea nnd ateel faatenlnga are on the grouifd.. but tha track Is not laid. Krom Bed Rock week to tha Junction of the Pacific Great Eastern and tbe Orand Trunk Pacific, one mile eaat of Prinr George, the track la laid, but not in operation. Th distance Is eighteen miles. Two and one-half million pounds of steel, nearly enough for th construction construc-tion of a bridge over the Cottonwood river, haa been fabricated at Walker-vine, Walker-vine, Ont., and is awaiting shipment. It haa been paid for. To complete thla bridge 190.000 pound more atel must be purchased, concrete foundatlona must be ret Hit and 840,000 feat of a total to-tal of s.OOA.000 feet of trestles required must be purchased. The remainder of the trestle work haa iieen provided. Completion of the gap between Qties-nel Qties-nel and Prlne lienrge would coat about $2. 000.000- more and the whole line from North Vancouver to Prince Ueorg. an added ,0000V according accord-ing to Mr. HulMvan s report. Ncea snry renewala In th neat ten ye re, Mr. .Sullivan believes. would cost about $1,000,000 at present construction, pneea. |